Australia's hospitals 2009–10 at a glance

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Release Date: 29 Apr 2011

Topic: Hospitals

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Australia's hospitals 2009–10 at a glance, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 June 2023.

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Australia's hospital 2009-10 at a glance provides summary information on Australia's 1,320 public and private hospitals. In 2009-10, there were: 8.6 million hospitalisations in public and private hospitals; 7.4 million presentations to accident and emergency departments, and 70% of patients were seen within recommended times for their triage category. This publication is a companion to the annual Australian hospital statistics 2009-10 publication.

ISSN: 1036-613X
ISBN: 978-1-74249-136-3
Cat. no: HSE 106
Pages: 36

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
Body section
- Introduction
- How many hospitals are there?
- How many beds are there?
  - Hospital performance: accreditation
- How diverse are public hospitals?
- How many people are employed in Australia's hospitals?
- How much do hospitals spend?
- How are our hospital services funded?
- What services do Australia's hospitals provide?
  - Emergency department services
    - Hospital performance: emergency department waiting times
  - Outpatient care
  - Admitted patient care: overview
    - Hospital performance: rates of service—hospital procedures
    - Hospital performance: readmissions following surgery
    - Hospital performance: falls resulting in patient harm in hospitals
    - Hospital performance: intentional self-harm in hospitals
    - Hospital performance: relative stay index
    - Hospital performance: average length of stay for selected types of separations
    - Hospital performance: cost per casemix-adjusted separation
  - Admitted patient care: same-day acute care
  - Admitted patient care: overnight acute care
  - Admitted patient care: elective surgery
    - Hospital performance: waiting times for elective surgery
  - Admitted patient care: sub-acute and non-acute care
End matter
- Additional information
- References

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